Writer's Choice Quotes

But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work.

What works for one writer may not work for another. There are as many methods as there are writers. Were you to live to a grand old age, you would still never have enough time to try them all.

A wise soul once declared that the ultimate power of the writer is that he has the choice of whom he wants to be co-opted by.

No one forces me, or any other writer, to sell a film option on the books. If you don't want to run the risk that the filmmakers may adapt your work in a way you don't like, then you don't sell the option. You know when you sell it that they will have to make some changes, just because film and TV are different media than books.

I mean, if you lined up 100 writers, you'd get 100 different ways in which they write. There's no right way or wrong way to do it; it's whatever your process is.

There's no reason why a writer shouldn't explore and use different genres.

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.

I will never write fiction.

I'm not proselytizing my method. I don't believe that one writer should tell other writers how to write.